The Eagle Tribune vs The Boston Globe ePaper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Eagle Tribune
Access your community's news, commentary, photos, and videos on the go. Stay updated with award-winning breaking news, sports, and weather. Download content for offline reading and share articles with friends.
- Download daily editions for offline reading
- Breaking news and developing stories
- Browse photos and watch videos
- View print edition articles
- Access local weather, events, and classifieds
- Share articles and events on social media
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Take the Eagle Tribune with you wherever and whenever you go. Your community resource for news, commentary, photos, video and special features is evolving. Access it now and take off with our award-winning breaking news, sports, weather and more. Features: - Download daily editions and content to read offline at your convenience. - Get breaking news and developing stories from the Eagle Tribune newsroom. - Browse photos and watch videos of local and national events. - View articles as they were written and edited for the Eagle Tribune print edition. - Access free local weather, events, classifieds and shopping information - See each page and article in a horizontal or vertical display. - Share articles, photos, coupons and local events with friends on your social network. - New enhanced Weather feature in Live News
The Boston Globe ePaper
Access a digital replica of the daily newspaper, including all articles and pages as they appeared in print. Read in page or article view, share content, and access past issues from an archive. Available to digital and print subscribers.
- Full replica edition of print newspaper
- Page and article view options
- Share articles via email and social media
- Access recent back issues from archive
- Sunday Comics included
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• The ePaper is a full replica edition including articles and pages as they appeared in print, including the Sunday Comics. • The ePaper is free for Boston Globe digital subscribers and many print subscribers. • Read stories in the Page view or Article view. • Share articles via email and social media. • Recent back issues are available for download from the archive by tapping or swiping "Archive". Subscriptions: • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Privacy Policy: https://www.bostonglobe.com/tools/help/privacy Terms and Conditions: https://www.bostonglobe.com/tools/help/terms-service
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Eagle Tribune at 52% against The Boston Globe ePaper's 16%. The Eagle Tribune also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.0). The Boston Globe ePaper's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#66 vs unranked). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. The Eagle Tribune sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and The Boston Globe ePaper sells 111 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
The Eagle Tribune holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 255 and 107 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of The Eagle Tribune's written reviews are positive against 16% of The Boston Globe ePaper's.
The Eagle Tribune ships an update every 4 months, The Boston Globe ePaper every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Eagle Tribune | The Boston Globe ePaper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (255 ratings) — better | 4.0 (107 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.0% of reviews — better | 15.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 255 — better | 107 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #66 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 125 MB |
| Age rating | +12 | 12+ |
| Developer | CNHI LLC | BOSTON GLOBE MEDIA PARTNERS, LLC |
Customer experience
The Eagle Tribune
The Boston Globe ePaper
Bugs and requests
The Eagle Tribune
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
The Boston Globe ePaper
Reported bugs
5 issues- Close button doesn't work
- App support button leads nowhere
- Pages often won't slide over or are blank
- Sections missing or incomplete editions
- Forced to delete and reinstall app frequently
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to comment on articles
- Improved navigation and page turning
- Customizable font size and layout
- Reliable offline reading mode
In-app purchases
The Eagle Tribune
- Today's ePaper$2.99
The Boston Globe ePaper
- 1 Month Subscription$29.991 Month
- 01/28/2021$1.99
- 09/10/2020$1.99
- 01/31/2022$1.99
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- 08/24/2021$1.99
- 08/31/2020$1.99
- 01/01/2022$1.99
- 09/09/2020$1.99
- 10/23/2020$1.99
- 03/18/2022$1.99
- 01/30/2025$2.00
- 01/31/2025$2.00
- 01/28/2025$2.00
- 01/23/2025$2.00
- 01/25/2025$2.00
- 01/22/2025$2.00
- 01/20/2025$2.00
- 01/16/2025$2.00
- 01/18/2025$2.00
- 01/11/2025$2.00
- 01/09/2025$2.00
- 01/04/2025$2.00
- 01/06/2025$2.00
- 01/02/2025$2.00
- 01/01/2025$2.00
- 12/26/2024$2.00
- 12/21/2024$2.00
- 12/23/2024$2.00
- 12/25/2024$2.00
- 11/07/2024$2.00
- 12/07/2024$2.00
- 11/30/2024$2.00
- 11/28/2024$2.00
- 11/22/2024$2.00
- 11/11/2024$2.00
- 11/02/2024$2.00
- 11/04/2024$2.00
- 10/22/2024$2.00
- 10/15/2024$2.00
- 10/18/2024$2.00
- 10/16/2024$2.00
- 10/17/2024$2.00
- 10/12/2024$2.00
- 10/07/2024$2.00
- 10/05/2024$2.00
- 10/04/2024$2.00
- 09/24/2024$2.00
- 09/16/2024$2.00
- 09/20/2024$2.00
- 09/11/2024$2.00
- 09/12/2024$2.00
- 09/14/2024$2.00
- 09/07/2024$2.00
- 09/04/2024$2.00
- 09/06/2024$2.00
- 08/30/2024$2.00
- 08/21/2024$2.00
- 08/22/2024$2.00
- 08/05/2024$2.00
- 07/29/2024$2.00
- 07/27/2024$2.00
- 07/24/2024$2.00
- 07/22/2024$2.00
- 07/20/2024$2.00
- 07/13/2024$2.00
- 07/04/2024$2.00
- 07/06/2024$2.00
- 07/05/2024$2.00
- 06/22/2024$2.00
- 06/21/2024$2.00
- 06/18/2024$2.00
- 06/17/2024$2.00
- 06/12/2024$2.00
- 06/13/2024$2.00
- 06/05/2024$2.00
- 10/25/2024$2.00
- 10/10/2024$2.00
- 10/21/2024$2.00
- 01/26/2025$4.00
- 01/19/2025$4.00
- 01/12/2025$4.00
- 01/05/2025$4.00
- 12/29/2024$4.00
- 12/22/2024$4.00
- 12/15/2024$4.00
- 12/08/2024$4.00
- 12/01/2024$4.00
- 11/24/2024$4.00
- 11/17/2024$4.00
- 11/10/2024$4.00
- 11/03/2024$4.00
- 10/27/2024$4.00
- 10/13/2024$4.00
- 10/06/2024$4.00
- 09/22/2024$4.00
- 09/15/2024$4.00
- 09/08/2024$4.00
- 09/01/2024$4.00
- 08/25/2024$4.00
- 08/18/2024$4.00
- 08/11/2024$4.00
- 08/04/2024$4.00
- 07/28/2024$4.00
- 07/21/2024$4.00
- 07/07/2024$4.00
- 06/30/2024$4.00
- 06/23/2024$4.00
- 06/16/2024$4.00
- 06/09/2024$4.00
- 10/20/2024$4.00
- 09/29/2024$4.00
Questions
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